Chad Pratt was inside the kitchen showing another friend his handgun.

[MichaelHarris]

"Pratt had been drinking alcohol, underage, while displaying a loaded handgun. He fired the gun, which struck his friend in the head, ultimately killing her."

http://www.khq.com/story/20432105/shooting-on-spokanes-south-hill

[JI7]

1. was she doing what she loved when she died ?

[MichaelHarris]

2. you mean like

dodging bullets? Seems a lot of people are doing that lately.

[ileus]

3. Reminds me of a friend that shot his wife

while "working" on his 357, only he hadn't been drinking.

She got to hug her 3 kids and say bye to them before leaving to meet the ambulance that never showed. She died during the transfer from his truck to the ambulance.


Safety first, drinking and showing your loaded firearm never.

[bobclark86]

4. A better title...

"Chad Pratt was being a fucking moron in the kitchen..."

There, I fixed it.

Only fucking morons combine alcohol and guns. It doesn't rack up the body count like drinking and driving, but drinking and shooting can be just as fatal (as in "just enough" fatal to kill).

[JI7]

6. is it illegal to have guns when you are drunk even if it's your own

that you legally have ? the way it is with cars.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. where were the parents? god forbid. horrible. so much wrong here. I fault the parents and they

will have the rest of their lives to deal with this.

There has to be some type of negligence charges for this sort of thing.

[JI7]

7. the people involved are like 20 years old

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. drinking age must be 21... says underage. a person's brain is not fully developed until 25. --

I hate it when dumbass kids make a permanent payment for a stupid move.

[GreenStormCloud]

8. In a nation of 310 million people, some of them will be stupid.

Because he was stupid is no reason to try to take my gun away from me.

[jeepnstein]

9. He's going to prison for that one.

That's what happens, or should happen, in cases like this. He owns the bullet.

[Jenoch]

10. I don't know what the laws in Washington

are, but in Minnesota, it is not legal for anyone under age 21 to possess a handgun.